Çağan Irmak
Born (1970-04-04) 4 April 1970
Seferihisar, İzmir, Turkey
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1992–present

Çağan Irmak (born 4 April 1970) is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya (2004–2005) and Asmalı Konak (2002–2004), and for the hit films Alone (2008) and My Father and My Son (2005), for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers Association Awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director.[1][2][3]

He studied Radio, TV and Film Studies at Ege University Faculty of Communications, receiving the Sedat Simavi Award for two short films, Masal (The Tale) and Kurban (The Sacrifice), which he made in the course of his studies. After graduating in 1992, he worked in cinema and television as an assistant director to Orhan Oğuz, Mahinur Ergun, Filiz Kaynak and Yusuf Kurçenli, and was awarded first prize by IFSAK for his short film Play Me Old and Wise (1998).

He wrote and directed the TV series Good Morning Brother Istanbul (1998–2001) on atv, and the TV film Strawberry Cake (2000) before achieving some early success with his first feature film, Wish Me Luck (2001), which Rekin Teksoy describes as "unremarkable",[2] and collaborations with Mahinur Ergun on the hit TV series Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı (2001) for TRT, and Asmalı Konak (2002–2004) for atv, for which he received numerous awards.

A period of great success followed with popular TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya (2004–2005) on Kanal D, and hit films Everything About Mustafa (2004) and My Father and My Son (2005), which according to Rekin Teksoy "successfully exploited the melodramatic idiom and was a huge box-office success,"[2] which, "showed that popular cinema was successful in appealing to wide audiences"[1] as well as receiving six Turkish Cinema Writers Association Awards including Best Director.

Following this he wrote and directed several installment in the TV horror film series Kabuslar Evi for FOX, and the film The Messenger before achieving another popular success with the film Alone (2008). Since then he has made the short film Düşlerimdeki Atatürk (2008), the TV series Yol Arkadaşım (2008–2009) for Star and the film In Darkness (2009). He has been productive in the last years and has produced 4 additional films: Sleeping Princess (2010), My Grandfather's People (2011), Are We OK? (2012) and Whisper If I Forget (2014).

Filmography

Films & TV series
Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Producer Writer
1998 Play Me Old and Wise (Turkish: Bana Old and Wise'i Cal) Yes Yes Yes Short film.
1998–2001 Good Morning Brother Istanbul (Turkish: Günaydın Istanbul Kardes) Yes Yes TV series for ATV.
2000 Strawberry Cake (Turkish: Cilekli Pasta) Yes Yes TV film.
2001 Wish Me Luck (Turkish: Bana Şans Dile) Yes Yes Feature film debut.
2001 Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı Yes TV series for TRT.
2002–2004 The Mansion with Vines (Turkish: Asmalı Konak) Yes TV series for ATV.
2004 Everything About Mustafa (Turkish: Mustafa Hakkında Herşey) Yes Yes
2004–2005 Çemberimde Gül Oya Yes Yes TV series for Kanal D.
2005 My Father and My Son (Turkish: Babam ve Oğlum) Yes Yes
2006 House of Nightmares (Turkish: Kabuslar Evi) Yes Yes TV film series for FOX.
2007 The Messenger (Turkish: Ulak) Yes Yes
2008 Alone (Turkish: Issız Adam) Yes Yes
2008 Atatürk in My Dreams (Turkish: Düşlerimdeki Atatürk) Yes Yes Short film.
2008–2009 My Companion (Turkish: Yol Arkadaşım) Yes TV series for Star TV.
2009 In Darkness (Turkish: Karanlıktakiler) Yes Yes
2010 Sleeping Princess (Turkish: Prensesin Uykusu) Yes Yes
2011 My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları) Yes Yes
2013 Are We OK? (Turkish: Tamam mıyız?) Yes Yes
2014 Whisper If I Forget (Turkish: Unutursam Fısılda) Yes Yes
2015 A Unique Life (Turkish: Nadide Hayat) Yes Yes
2016 My Name is Feridun (Turkish: Benim Adım Feridun) Yes Yes
2018 Gülizar Yes TV series for Kanal D.
2018 Children's Safety to You (Turkish: Çocuklar Sana Emanet) Yes Yes
2018 Remember Us (Turkish: Bizi Hatırla) Yes Yes

References

  1. 1 2 Teksoy, Rekin (2008). Turkish Cinema. Istanbul: Oğlak Kitap. p. 102. ISBN 978-975-329-611-3.
  2. 1 2 3 Teksoy, Rekin (2008). Turkish Cinema. Istanbul: Oğlak Kitap. p. 120. ISBN 978-975-329-611-3.
  3. ↑ Teksoy, Rekin (2008). Turkish Cinema. Istanbul: Oğlak Kitap. p. 162. ISBN 978-975-329-611-3.
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